Great to see our lab’s latest work, led by my PhD student @ColleenLawless_, myself, and John Finarelli, featured on UCD’s home page. Looking at how cuttlefish ink targets the shark sensory system! @ucdscience @UCD_Research https://t.co/WDx1NMcgnP

🚨Bat1K Paper Alert🚨We’re excited to share "Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance", JUST published in Nature! 🦇📜Work led by Bat1K executive committee member @hillermich and @_AriadnaMorales🔥 https://t.co/uptjW3xUyB

Excited to share our new paper out in @nature, looking at the genomics of viral tolerance and immunity in #bats 🦇🧬with @ZixiaH, @EmmaTeeling1 and some incredible scientists as part of @bat1kgenomes. @UCDSBES @UCD_Research. Check it out:

Excited to share the Hughes Lab’s 1st 2025 paper, and @ColleenLawless_’s first as first-author, exploreing cuttlefish ink as a chemical defence targeting shark olfactory systems. Great collab with John Finarelli and @OceanExplauren! @UCDSBES @UCD_Research

Huge congrats to @Unmani_ on her first first-author paper from the @jezsimpson_ucd and Hughes lab applying Rab network analyses to explore EMT in cancer metastasis. What a great way to end the year! @GenomicsCRT @UCDSBES https://t.co/FJaPNogYhc

Exciting news! The first access requests have been processed, and the members who submitted them now have access to all 103 assemblies! 🎉 Let’s work together 🦇💪🏽@ZixiaH @evolauterbur @BastianFromm @xacfran @GrahamMHughes @hbzhao2 @LabDavalos @RayLabTTU and many, many more!!

Large-scale comparative analyses of Amphibians give insights into their genome structure and adaptability to climate change. Check out the latest work from an international team of scientists including UCD’s own @MeganPower101 @UCDSBES @UCD_Research https://t.co/MOqdxzUsub

The #ERGAPilot paper has just been released! It describes how researchers from 33 countries, including myself & my PhD student @kherronism, have come together to sequence the genomes of all of Europe’s biodiversity. Check it out: https://t.co/a8kbHkxNMO @UCDSBES @UCD_Research

🎉 Exciting news! The #ERGAPilot flagship paper is now published! 👏 This monumental effort, bringing together hundreds of researchers from 33 countries, is a must-read: https://t.co/QVZhlPCAkZ Check out the press release for more details: https://t.co/X6fj3SPAin 🌍

You can check out our project website for more details and our progress at

Our population analysis of T. dubium will offer insights into its adaptive potential amidst environmental changes, uncovering the species’ adaptation and demographic history. More broadly, our project hopes to elevate the profile of biodiversity genomics in Ireland.

Ireland's landscape and temperate oceanic climate play key roles in it's biodiversity. With T. dubium being widely recorded across Ireland, we plan to collect samples throughout the country in order to capture the species' genetic diversity

Trifolium dubium, or the lesser trefoil, is a culturally significant small annual clover found across West Eurasia. Known as the shamrock in Ireland, T. dubium acts as a national symbol and is prominently worn by many on St. Patrick’s Day.

https://t.co/deaRuKJxHl Delighted our project is one of 20 funded by ERGA-BGE! @Kherronism, Myself and @CartneyAnn will explore the population genomics of shamrocks across Ireland @REA_research @SBFI_CH @ISBSIB @EUgreenresearch @UCD_Research @UCDSBES @GenomicsCRT #ERGA #TRIDUBIRE

Huge congrats to @ColleenLawless_ for winning the audience choice for best speaker at the @UCDSBES postgrad seminar day! Doing the lab proud :D

Super proud of my PhD students @ColleenLawless_ and @louise_ryan_ for giving excellent talks at the 2024 @UCDSBES Postgrad seminar day. A great day of talks and some really cool research presented!

Huge congrats to my PhD student @ColleenLawless_ on winning the audience favourite talk at the @ucddublin #thesisIn3. Very proud supervisor here!! @UCDSBES